Hog-trough.



M. H.l SCHUETZ. HOG THOUGH.I

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 7, 191e.

1 ,1 85 ,440, Y AHrented May 30, 1916.

---- Arron/VHS UNITED sTA'rEs PATENT oEEroE.

MICHAEL HARRY SCHUETZ, 0F YANKTO-N, SOUTH DAKOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD i T0 SAMUEL R. SCHUETZ AND ONE-THIRD TO JACOB C. SCH'UETZ, BOTH. YANKT'ON,

SOUTH DAKOTA.

v Specification of Letters-Patent.

' Hoe-morren Patented May 30, 1916.

Application lei February 7, 1916. Serial No. 76,671.

Yankton and State of South Dakota, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Hog-Troughs, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention is an improvement in hog troughs, and the invention has for its object to provide a trough of the .character specified, of one-piece constructionLand a suitable support for the trough, that will prevent overturning, and wherein all vdanger of damage to the trough from the lforming of ice is eliminated, and wherein the expansion and contraction from temperature changes cannot injure the trough.

In the drawings:-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved trough; Figs.' 2 and 3 are sections on the lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of Fig. 1, each looking in the direction of the arrows adjacent to the line; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of one end with the hood or shield removed; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a detail of the shield construction; Fig. 6 is a top plan view of a modified construction, and Fig. 7 is a section on th'e line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

In the presentembodimentpf the invention, the trough proper is formed from a single sheet of metal of suitable weight and character, the said sheet being bent to form a curved or arc-shaped body l, having at each side edge an outwardly extending flange 2. These flanges 2 are formed by folding the material of the sheet upon itself to provide a three-ply flange, as shown, and

said flanges 2'are in the same plane.

The ends of 'the trough are formed by bending a portion of thev sheet upward, as shown in Figs. 1 to 4, and the said ends 3l are corrugated as shown, that.'is, the material is bent in opposite direction to form on each face a series of ribs alternating with a series of grooves.

vThe .ends have their upper edges at approximately the same height as the flanges v2, and it will be noted from an inspection of Figs. 4 and 5, that each of the ribs or flanges 2 is extended beyond the adjacent end, as indicated lat 4, 'each of the said extensions 4 being approximatelyA flush with the outermost portions of the corrugations at /the ends.

Avhood or shield is arranged at ea'eh end voft' the trough for covering and concealing the upper edges of the ends, .and for preventing displacement of the. corrugations, and each of these hoods or shields is secured tothe extensions 4 of the ribs or flanges 2:, and to the said ribs or flanges. Each. of these hoods or shields is of channel material, comprising a body 5, and parallel side walls or fianges 6 and 7, respectively. The bodies are lof such width that when the shields are walls 6 and 7 of the shield willl fit on oppotions, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Each hood or shield is provided at each end with a laterallextension 8, extending beyond the shield at the side 7, and each of the said extensions is channel-shaped, and is l'arranged with its channel inward'. 'These arranged as shown in Figs. 1 and 3, the side vsite sides `of the ends, engaging the corrugae Theoutermost side wall 6 of each shield isA of greater length than the innermost side wall 7, and each of the said side walls 6 extends from near the outer edge of one fiange 2 to neanthe outer edgel of the other flange.

The extensions 4 and a portion of the flange 4 2 is received between the upper and lower walls of each extension 8, and it will be noted that the extensions 8 have openings 9 for receiving rivets' 10 which are passed through the .walls of the extensions and through the flanges or ribs 2, to rigidly connect the hoods or shields with the flanges 2.

Supporting'legs are arranged at the ends of the trough, eac'h of the legs comprising a .body portion 11 of arc shape, and arms 12 adjacent extension 8, and one of the rivets 1() at each corner of the trough is passed through the adjacent lug 13 of the adjacent leg. Thusthe rivets`10. not only connect the extensions 8, and as a consequence the hoods to the flanges or ribs 2, but they also connect the legs 11?-12-13 to the trough.rv

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 6 and '7,

the trough comprises a body 14, and flanges- `15 constructed in the same manner as the flanges 2 of Figs. 1 to 5, and the ends 16 of the trough are corrugated in the same manner as the ends 3 of` the trough 1.

rfhe trough is also provided with the hoods or shields 17 at its ends, and the legs 18 are connected to the trough in the saine manner as the legs 11-12-13 ofFigs.- 1 to 5.

lable material.

The trough, however, is provided with a vertical partition 19, extending the full length thereof, from one-end to the other, and from the top to they bottom. 'lhis partition is held in place by transversestrap's or bars 20, the said straps or bars being secured `to the flanges 15 at their ends, by means of rivets 21 or the like. The trough is thus divided into compartments, and the straps or bars 20 further sub-divide these compartments, so that the hogs in feeding are separated from each other. s

rThe cross section of the trough body is a semicircle or less, and should the contents of the trough freeze solid, the trough will not be broken, since there is nothing to prevent the ice from bulging upward to relieve .the pressure. Since there is no' solder used 1n the construction, overheating does not injure the trough.-

y The particular arrangement of. the legs makes overturning of the trough difficult, for the supporting base of the trough is of larger area than the troughv itself. rlihe improved trough may be overturned, however, andy extending reinforced flange or rib formed by folding the material upon itself, and having integral ends bent in opposite directions to form a series of. corrugations, a hood or shield at each end of the trough and of channel shape, and' comprisingy a body restl ing on the upper edge of the end, and side walls at opposite sides of the corrugations,

each hood or shield having a. channel-shaped extension at each end 'for engaging over the adjacent rib or flange of the body,l a leg at each end of the trough, each leg comprising a convex body engaging the body of the -troughat its center,.and arms extending upwardly and inwardly from the ends of the body, each arm having an outwardly extending lug abutting the under face of the adj acent extension of the adjacent hood or shield,

` and rivets connecting the `extensions and the ribs or flanges.

2. A hog trough formed of a .sheet of metal bent to form an arc-shaped body having. at each sidel edge an outwardly extending rib, vor flange, and having integral ends bent in opposite directions to-form a series of corrugations, a hood or shield at each end of the ,trough and of channel-shape, and comprising a body resting on the-upper edge of the end and side walls at opposite sides of the corrugations, each hood or shield being l rigidly connected with the ribs of the body,- and a leg at' each4 end of the trough, each leg comprising a convex body engaging the body of the trough at its center, and the supporting surface for the trough at its ends, and arms extending upwardly and inwardly from'the ends of the body secured to v the flanges or ribs of the body.

3. A hog trough composed of' a sheet of metal-bent to forni a trough-shaped body having at each side edge an outwardly extending rib or flange and having integral ends bent in opposite directionsto form a series of corrugations, a hood or shield at each end of the trough and of channel-shape,

and comprising a body resting-on Athe upper edge of the end and side walls at opposite sides of the corrugations, each hood or shield being rigidly connected with the ribs of the body, and a leg at each endV of the trough.'

MliCHAEL HARRY SCHUETZ.

Witnesses HOWARD WARREN, d. C. Soi-merz. 

